ALEXANDRA PASTORAL AREA

USUAL MASS AND LITURGY TIMES


​Saturday: 6:00pm Vigil Mass at Omakau

Sunday:    9:00am Alexandra
                 11:00am Roxburgh

Weekdays:

-Alexandra: 5:00pm Tuesday, 9:00am Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, and noon, Friday.
       
-Roxburgh:  5:15pm Wednesday



RECONCILIATION 

-Alexandra:  9:30am to 10:00am Saturdays; elsewhere and otherwise, upon request.
    


ANOINTING OF THE SICK 

-Alexandra:  At the noon Mass, first Fridays of March, June, September and December;
-Roxburgh:   At the 5:15pm Mass, first Wednesdays of March, June, September and December.
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ADORATION & BENEDICTION 

WEEKLY ADORATION
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Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament occurs in the Alexandra church of St John the Baptist each Friday from 11:30 to 11:50am.

​Come along and spend some quiet time in prayer before the Lord.
St John the Baptist Catholic Church
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Centennial celebration 21 April 2024

VATICAN NEWS (www.vaticannews.va)
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Pope to share lunch with 1300 poor of Rome: In his message for the 2024 World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis noted that war-driven "bad politics” generates new poverty and innocent victims. He urged everyone to pray with and for the poor, and highlighted that volunteers continue to devote themselves to serving the poorest in our cities, embodying God’s response to their needs.

-World Fisheries Day (November 21): With over 58 million people involved in the field of fisheries and aquaculture around the world, Cardinal Czerny, the Vatican Prefect for Integral Human Development, warned against turning a blind eye towards actions that disregard care for the environment. He said, “the Church shares in the joys and hopes but also the sorrows and grief” of humanity who must now place an emphasis on fraternity rather than “globalisation of indifference" to protect and preserve the environment.

-Online Racism: Vatican’s permanent observer to the UN expresses concern over anti-migrant discrimination, religious intolerance, and online racism.

-Nigerian persecution: Over 15 Catholic parishes in Benue state have closed amid cries to end violence against Christians in Nigeria.

-Anglican Archbishop Resigns: Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, the leader of Anglicans worldwide, resigned “in sorrow” on Tuesday, saying he had failed to ensure a proper investigation into allegations of abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps decades ago. (ODT, 14.11.24)




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Synod on Synodality  


The national document for the next phase of the synod is now available.  To find out more about it and to read the document click here.
“Synodality starts with hearing from the whole People of God. A Church that teaches must be firstly a Church that listens. Consulting all members of the Church is vital because, as the Second Vatican Council reminded us, the faithful as a whole are anointed by the Holy Spirit...
What characterizes a synodal path is the role of the Holy Spirit. We listen, we discuss in groups, but above all we pay attention to what the Spirit has to say to us. That is why I ask everyone to speak frankly and to listen carefully to others because there, too, the Spirit is speaking. Open to changes and new possibilities, the Synod is for everyone an experience of conversion.”



                                                           - Pope Francis (Let Us Dream, 2020)
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